Editing Rachael/TabloidHeadlineGenerator

'''BNF:Rachael/TabloidHeadlineGenerator'''
: ''Now [ToothyWiki:NeedToKnow NTK]ed. Oh, and [http://www.upv3.com/g-blog/index.htm someone] seems to be using it to generate blog entry headings. - MoonShadow''

(PeterTaylor) Nice one. Most of the headlines I've seen were semi-plausible, although "Virgin Mary told me to eat man with potato , says distressed terrorist" perhaps only in so far as the terrorist is distressed.

Its more of a Daily Mail headline generator.--[[King DJ]]
:Are you saying the Daily Mail isn't a tabloid? Anyway, it can't be a Daily Mail headline generator; there aren't any asylum seekers in it. --[[Rachael]]
::It's just the scare story headlines remind me of the Daily Mail more than any other newspaper.--[[King DJ]]

Ha ha! Excellent... -- [[Xarak]]

I feel duty-bound to inform you that this has lowered the productivity of the Maths & Humanities team in [[OCR]] this week.  I showed it to [[Nat]], and he spent half an hour on the internet hitting "Refresh", convulsed in laughter.  Then he showed it round at work... --[[M-A]]

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"Lack of exercise can cause obesity , new evidence reveals" - never! --[[M-A]]

Crime boss found in the White House --Requiem ^_^
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MikeJeggo realises that the whole point of these generators is to produce outrageous and random statements, but he is tempted to think that on his first go with this one he got about the most beautiful irony possible - ''"My steamy affair with terrorist : Bush reveals all"''
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bnf ::= original

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comcastperson ::= intro hateadjective hategroup need 
intro ::= intro1 | intro2 | intro3

intro1 ::= When will poweradjective powergroup  descrip2 
intro2 ::= Isn’t it obvious to  poweradjective powergroup that
intro3 ::= I can’t believe that poweradjective powergroup descrip3

hateadjective ::= feckless | irresponsible | feral | lazy | loud mouth

verb ::= corporal punishment | hard labour | to spend the rest of their lives in prison

need ::= will only learn from needqualify | deserve needqualify | should get needqualify | will only respond to needqualify | should spend the rest of their lives in prison

needqualify ::= a good needqualify2 | a proper needqualify2

needqualify2 ::= hanging | flogging | dose of public humiliation

descrip2 ::= learn that | realise | wake up to the fact that | get it into their thick heads that

descrip3 ::= don’t know that | don’t realize that | can’t see that | are oblivious to the fact that | are too scared to admit that

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headline1 ::= capperson verbphrases | capperson verbphrases | cappeople verbphrase
headline2 ::= entity told me to verbphrase , verbsays person | entity told me to verbphrase , verbsays personadjective person
headline3 ::= summary : person reveals all | summary : personadjective person reveals all | summary : celebrity reveals all | summary : personadjective celebrity reveals all
headline4 ::= nouncause can cause effect , source | nouncause can cause effect in victims , source
headline5 ::= thing found in place | deadperson found living in place | entity found in place 
headline6 ::= capperson in person something scandal | capperson in lcentity instrument scandal | capperson in deadperson something badthing scandal

verbphrase ::= verb person with instrument | verb number people with instrument | verb celebrity with instrument

number ::= two | four | seven | seventeen | thirty-five

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